(Global Development Policy Cente, Boston, 28 February 2018) ABSTRACT In a very short period, Export-Import Bank of China (CHEXIM) and China Development Bank (CDB) have become some of the largest Export Credit Agencies in the world. This paper examines the extent to which CHEXIM and CDB behave...
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2018/03/30
Country: China, Japan
ECAs: EXIM Bank China, Japan Bank for International Cooperation
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
Briefings & reports from ECA watch members
2018/03/01
Issue: Climate Change, Common Approaches, Debt, European Union, OECD, Transparency, World Trade Organization
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Between 2015 and 2017, Finance & Trade Watch and Bankwatch, together with their national partners, researched...
2018/02/28
Country: Japan, Korea, United Kingdom
ECAs: Japan Bank for International Cooperation
Issue: Climate Change, End Coal Financing
(Climate Home News, London, 14 February 2018) The London-based bank plans to co-finance Nghi Son 2 power plant, which NGOs say uses dirty old technology, against company and OECD guidelines. The proposed financing arrangements also appear to breach the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and...
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2018/02/28
Country: France
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
(Reuters, London, 20 February 2018) Anadarko Petroleum’s plan to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Mozambique moved a step closer to completion on Tuesday after it agreed a 15-year LNG sales and purchase agreement (SPA) with Electricite de France. France’s state-controlled utility will...
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2018/02/28
Country: USA
ECAs: Export-Import Bank of the United States
Issue: Climate Change, End Coal Financing
Member: Friends of the Earth USA
(New York Times, Hong Kong, 13 February 2018) A Vietnamese company is no longer seeking American financial support to build a coal-fired power plant in Vietnam, bringing to an abrupt end a closely watched test of whether Washington would back international projects that could potentially...
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2018/02/28
Country: USA
Issue: Climate Change, Human Rights, Oil, Gas and Mining
Member: Bank Track
(Associated Press, Bismark, 9 February 2018) Attorneys for a Florida-based environmental publication want a federal judge in North Dakota to sanction the Texas-based developer of the Dakota Access oil pipeline in a dispute over whether the publication can be sued. Earth First Journal maintains...
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2018/02/28
Country: China, Japan, Korea
Issue: Climate Change, End Coal Financing
(Natural Resources Defense Council, New York, 8 February 2018) In 2017, financing from G20 governments for overseas coal projects reached a 5 year high, totaling at least $13 billion in loans, credits, and guarantees. This financial support for coal projects directly undermines G20 climate...
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2018/02/28
Issue: Climate Change, Common Approaches, Debt, European Union, Human Rights, OECD, Transparency
Member: Bank Track, Finance & Trade Watch
(Finance & Trade Watch and CEE Bankwatch, Dec. 2017) Export credits are big business. Members of the industry’s Berne Union, both state and private, insured approximately USD 1.9 trillion per year between 2012 and 2016, of which USD1 trillion was state ECA insured. That amount far...
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2018/02/01
Issue: Climate Change, End Coal Financing, OECD, Renewables
(Kallanish Energy, Hammersmith, 5 January 201) With power demand in Southeast Asia expected to grow at roughly 4.6% per year in the next 10-plus years, baseload, low-cost coal-fired generation offers an investment opportunity of $250 billion over the next decade, Wood Mackenzie projects. The...
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2018/01/31
Country: Canada
Issue: Climate Change, End Coal Financing, OECD
(ECA Watch, Ottawa, 31 January 2018) In a recent opinion article, Canadian environmentalist David Suzuki noted that the Secretary-General of the OECD...
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2018/01/31
Country: USA
ECAs: Export-Import Bank of the United States
Issue: Climate Change, End Coal Financing, OECD
Member: Friends of the Earth USA
(New York Times, LONG PHU, Vietnam, 26 January 2018) With help from a Kremlin-connected Russian bank, Vietnam is building a coal-fired power plant called Long Phu 1 that will produce an estimated 5.4 million tons of carbon dioxide a year, generating enough electricity to power millions of homes...
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2018/01/31
Issue: Climate Change, End Coal Financing, Oil, Gas and Mining
(Vietnam Net, Hanoi, 18 January 2018) Vietnam is expected to receive loans in the billions of US dollars from some G20 nations for its many coal-fired power projects, helping the capital-thirsty country further ensure its growing demand for power. The US-based Natural Resources Defense Council...
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2018/01/31
Country: Japan, United Kingdom, USA
ECAs: Japan Bank for International Cooperation, UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
(Bloomberg, London, 9 January 2018) Saudi Arabian Oil Co. is seeking a $2 billion loan from Japan’s export-credit agency, three people with knowledge of the matter said, as competition for a role in potentially the world’s largest initial share offering heats up. A deal would make the Japanese...
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2017/12/31
Country: China, Indonesia, Japan
ECAs: EXIM Bank China, Japan Bank for International Cooperation
Issue: Climate Change, End Coal Financing, Oil, Gas and Mining
(The Nation, Bangkok, 30 December 2017) Already the world’s fifth-biggest greenhouse gas emitter, Indonesia is leading Southeast Asia’s boom in coal-fired power. Already one of the world’s biggest carbon polluters because of deforestation, Indonesia has back-pedalled on a pledge to cap coal...
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2017/12/31
ECAs: SACE S.p.A., Sinosure
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
(LNG Worldshipping News, London, 4 December 2017)) Floating LNG (FLNG) is opening new offshore gas basins for LNG development in Africa. The ownership structure of Africa’s new LNG production and the willingness of international oil companies to deploy new technologies will drive the...
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